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Thermos   /θˈərməs/   Listen
Thermos

noun
1.
Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks.  Synonyms: thermos bottle, thermos flask.






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"Thermos" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Come upstairs with me, and in the storeroom you'll find the lunch case and the thermos bottles and don't stint yourself, Katy. This is a rare occasion. It never happened before. Probably it will never happen again. Let's make it high altitude while ...
— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter

... cabin and lay down for fifteen minutes, leaving the aeroboat to soar in great slow circles under its admirable automatic controls over the main battle area. When he returned he brought hot coffee in a silver thermos bottle and some sandwiches, and we ate these with keen relish, in spite of the battle ...
— The Conquest of America - A Romance of Disaster and Victory • Cleveland Moffett

... to the ever-useful thermos flask, they enjoyed a sufficient meal of hot soup, followed by a multitude of sandwiches of divers kinds; and when, after a pull at their respective flasks, the two lit their pipes and stretched their limbs, cramped ...
— Afterwards • Kathlyn Rhodes

... crystallized in the Sixth. It was nothing less than that each form should make a special fete of the affair. Lispeth Scott, the head girl, went boldly to Miss Burd, and asked permission for those who liked to bring thermos flasks, cups, and bags of buns and cakes, and hold parties ...
— A Popular Schoolgirl • Angela Brazil

... little suppers. We had coffee in our thermos bottle, and cold fried chicken and bread and butter sandwiches and chocolate cake. We never changed, because we were always afraid that we shouldn't like anything else so well, and we were sure of the chicken and the ...
— The Gay Cockade • Temple Bailey

... to go to 'a show' I guess I'd better take you myself, after all," he whispered. "You'll find a hot-water bag in your bed, and hot lemonade in the thermos bottle on the little table beside it. I put a small 'stick' in it—oh, just a twig! And I've kept the kitchen fire up. The water in the tank's almost boiling, if you happen to feel ...
— The Old Gray Homestead • Frances Parkinson Keyes

... sound, Dick sank to the ground in complete exhaustion. The groom unstrapped his own greatcoat, which had been carried rolled, and covered the lad with it. Taking a thermos bottle from his haversack, he poured some hot tea between Dick's lips, and saw a little glow of warmth creep ...
— The Parts Men Play • Arthur Beverley Baxter

... to the hotel door in the station yard," commanded Allerdyke. "You'll find a couple of Thermos flasks in the locker—bring them into the hotel ...
— The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation • J. S. Fletcher



Words linked to "Thermos" :   thermos bottle, vacuum flask, vacuum bottle



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